Sharp County record., 1887-08-11
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

ohiTIir, little situated IN CaiIrornla grulch- I
or,,osita the american 5meiter at Lead 1
vile. Col. The cabin contained two sleep
ing babies that were burned TO alcrlsp. 1
The fatner had gone TO his work and the
mother was at a neighbor's.
HUNGARIAN coke drawer at Gailibren-
Pa went to WORK on the I'd at the mines OF
the Blair Iron ana Coal Company. Later
a number Of his countrvmen sought him
and murdered him for being traitor 70
the. .cause of their strike. Several arrests
have been made.
AT TT Edward. II. 2. on the 3D. Mrs.
W. B. Lsle and one Of her erchlldren were
killed by the cars.
THE matt house and elevator OF PrlnZ q
TTIrich. at PEORIA ILL., was destroyed BY
fire on the 3D. the result. it IS thought, OF
spontaneous combustion The building
was one of the oldest in the city. Loss.
about S49. COO; insured for $4,000.
GENERAL PHIL SHERIDAN has written
that he will attend the reunion Of the
Army of the. Tennessee in Detroit. Mich--
September Il and is. The original idea Of
having a prizs drill OF the crack companies
of the country has been abandoned
The bill introduced in the Georgia Legis-
lature bv YVIn. C. Glenn TO prevent mixing
of white and black children IN schools ana
providing penalties Tor violation thereof.
was. passed by the House on the I'd: the
ouivr votes in opposition were those Of two
negro members.
A MEETING Of citizens Of Washington
was held on the night OF the ID aI which
resolutions were passed calling on the
President to remove the District Commits
sioners. II was set out that they had per-
verted the laws, increased taxation mixed
I'd the accounts Of the water office ana
proved their -incompetencv by their official
acts.
SvcRETARY FAIRCHILD mas a plan FOR
disposiuz Of agood chunk of the treasury
surplus.
AN important labor reform movement IS
being agItated in Holland.
THE Indications are regarded IS less
favorable for Turkey insisting Upon Ferdi-
uand assuming the ruiershlpor bulgaria.
GEORGE ". NELLIs, JR-, arrived IN san
francisco from New York on the Sd. hav-
ing made the trim on a bicycle. Hestarted
Nav "A. lost fifteen DAYS by rough weather,
and lost twenty-threez pounds in weight.
He averaged fifty miles day He made
the trip in the interest Of sporting newspa-
pers. -..
COLONEL. s.. j. TILDEN, Of Columbia
County. N. 2. will entertain President
Cleveland and wife portion OF next
month.
AN explosion Of dynamite occurred in
Bitfro. a suburb Of Messina- Sicily, on the
Sd. killing one person and inluT1ng thirty,
besides doing much damage to property.
The OCCUPANTS Of the house in which the
exniosion occurred we're arrested.
CENSUS reports Just completed in China
show a decrease-of 81, ,000, 900 inths popuia
tio1 during the asst forrv-five years.
DANIEL. DESMOND, a CLERK for the dry
ooods firm of LIE Bonteilier Brothers, New
YORK. was arrested on the 3D. charged with
having embezzied during the past year
$4,000. Ahs Froceeds Of sales OF laces.
PosTrfAsTERs of the third and fourth
classes met in { Cedar Rapids, Ia.- on the3d.
r. Il. Williams of Mechanicsville was
selected as delegate to the National con-
vention.-
NICHOLS PANOLIEDo. q Greek. confined
in the county iaii in San francisco,
murdered his ceil-mate- George Il. Mar
shall. who was awaiting trial on the charge
of grand larceny, on the Sd. The weapon
used was a pocket-knife-
THE National Civii-Service Reform
League met on the Sd IT Newport, T.. L.
After expressions of regret at the amount
of straight-out Democracy that had been
injected INTO the present National Admin-
stration. George William Curtis was re-
elected uresident of the association.
Ara sneeiai meeting Of the Board Of
Trustees Of the New York Soldiers and
Sailors, Home held at Bath. II. z, on The
I'd. Treasurer Robie was OHsted. An ex-
animation Of his books showed him 70 be
5000 short. Robie1s friends will make the
amount good.
AUGUSTUS DAMN, noted professional
forger. wanted at Parker, Oak, and Peor1a-
H.. was captured at Minneapolis Mimi,
on the 3d. He had once been captured in
Texas for, the Peoria forgerfes. but ESCAPED
while passing through Missouri by jump
ing from the train.
l1llb fTttEEAE- u hDiOllb AsAlff LA--F AeebAA
ing under the deiusiOn that some one was
following him with malicious intent, asked
to be piaced in cell 1T the station-noHse
at Cedar Rapids ON the night Of the ID.
He was accordingly locked M. At i've
O'Clock on the morning of the "a heshothis
brains ont while n a cell. He a wId-
over and about forty years of age.
DR.. D. q. SALMON. chief Of the Bureau Of
Animal Industry, eft Washington On the
evening Of the5d for Delaware and Ulster
counties. ~ z. to personally investigate
the outbreak Of contagious pieuro- pnen-
monia among cattle in those counties. and
direct the WORK of Is suppression.
GEORGE BIDwEI.I., the noted forger, was
arrested n New York. on the Sd. bv order
of InSneetor Bvrnes. As ne was landed
from European steamer. Bidweil was
recentiv pardoned bv the British tiovern-
ment on account of ll-health. having ser7-
ed fourteen wears in DartInoor prison. he
was subsequently released by Judge Duf-
fy.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND. il is stated will
be entertained for a dav or two the after
uar- OF this month ut the Democratic club
house. on Slide mountain. in the Catskills.
The club men are Judge Alton B. Parker,
Judge Maynard, Puhlic Printer Benedict,
and a score 0r more OF other prominent
Democrats.
MISS JOSIE HOLMES. late exchange clerk
of the Fidelity National Bank OF Cincin-
natl, Who has been in Jail in defauit Of
bail IN the sum Of $4,000 ON a charge of
y IN
mitting offenses against the National